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  • April 11, 2012
Florida banks lent $211M

A federal program encourages community banks to loan money.

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Gas pains

Tourism officials are growing anxious about the rising cost of gasoline and the impact on the summer tourism season.

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  • April 10, 2012
Wanted: legit oil spill claims

Gulf Coast attorneys seek businesses that lost sales from the BP oil disaster.

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  • April 10, 2012
Pasco EDC doles out microloan

The organization began its microloan program with a Trinity pediatrician.

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  • April 10, 2012
Cancer-treatment firm expands

Radiation Therapy Services acquires a treatment center in Lakewood Ranch.

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  • April 10, 2012
WCI picture of housing recovery

If you rewind to 2009, it's hard to imagine that WCI Communities would be building homes again.

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  • April 9, 2012
CompCare partners with Agadia

The Tampa-based health care provider looks to increase efficiency.

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  • April 9, 2012
Brokerage expands to Sarasota

Fort Myers-based Land Solutions will open an office in Sarasota.

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  • April 9, 2012
Nonprofit replaces co-founder

Forty Carrots' Betsy Kane-Hartnett will spend more time on the family business.

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  • April 9, 2012
Commercial brokerage swings to the inside

Two well-known commercial realty brokers have left their firm in the Sarasota-Manatee market.

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  • April 7, 2012
Avesta Homes buys 43 apartment units

Tampa-based Avesta Homes LLC purchased a 43-unit portfolio of three adjacent apartment properties for $27,326 per unit.

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  • April 7, 2012
Developer Hardy, investor buy Estates at Entrada

Paul Hardy and an investor purchased the 292.91-acre Estates at Entrada property in Cape Coral for $3.35 million.

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  • April 7, 2012
Carrabba's building sells for $3.59M

National Retail Properties Inc. purchased a 7,473-square-foot Carrabba's Italian Grill restaurant building for $3.59 million.

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  • April 7, 2012
Silkwood Realty buys Villa Palma

Robert Lesser purchased the 18-unit Villa Palma apartment community on Silkwood Court for $1.37 million.

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  • April 7, 2012
Hometown America Management buys Little Manatee Springs

The Little Manatee Springs community sold for $8.25 million, equal to $31,113 per lot.

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